6.5 Evaluating Quality Control Measures PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-ARCHITECT Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11foundation · easy

   Which practice is an example of a continuous improvement mechanism?

   • AAssigning a single person to be responsible for all quality issues
   • BConducting a quarterly review of monitoring dashboards to adjust alert thresholds
   • CSetting up monitoring dashboards once and never changing them
   • DDeleting logs after a week to save storage costs
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2. 12expert · hard

   A software company is developing a new feature for their application. They have defined quality control measures that include a target of 99.9% uptime and a maximum response time of 300 ms. They have written unit and integration tests, but they want to ensure that the feature can handle the expected load in production. They have a limited budget and need to choose a cost-effective testing strategy. What should they do?

   • AUse a cloud-based load testing service that can simulate the expected production load.
   • BDeploy the feature to production and monitor performance for a week.
   • CRun a load test using a small number of virtual users to estimate performance.
   • DSkip load testing and rely on unit tests.
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4. 13foundation · easy

   In the context of cloud solution quality control, what is the primary purpose of defining acceptance criteria?

   • ATo document the steps for deploying a solution to production
   • BTo list all possible risks and their mitigation strategies
   • CTo assign ownership for each component of the solution
   • DTo specify the conditions that a deliverable must satisfy to be considered acceptable
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5. 14expert · hard

   A fintech company has a quality control program that includes automated testing, monitoring, and incident response. They want to continuously improve their quality control measures. They have a feedback loop that collects data from production incidents and user complaints. However, they are struggling to prioritize improvement actions because they receive many suggestions from different teams. They want a systematic way to prioritize improvements that will have the most impact on quality. What should they do?

   • AUse a risk-based approach that considers the impact and likelihood of each issue.
   • BFocus only on improvements that are easy to implement.
   • CPrioritize improvements based on the frequency of incidents.
   • DImplement every suggested improvement to satisfy all teams.
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6. 15application · medium

   A logistics company uses Google Cloud to run a fleet-tracking application. They have set up Cloud Monitoring and Logging, but they are concerned that they are not capturing the right data to assess service quality. They want to ensure that their monitoring and logging practices provide actionable insights for quality assessment. What should they do first?

   • ACreate a dashboard that displays all logs and metrics.
   • BSet up alerts for every possible metric.
   • CDefine quality metrics and acceptance criteria that align with business goals.
   • DCollect as much data as possible to avoid missing anything.
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